Oil Free Seas Flotilla at Drill Site

Niamh O'Flynn, left, and Greenpeace NZ Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid on SV Vega with a flag painted by children from the west coast which reads 'I love my beach'. The Oil Free Seas Flotilla is at the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start drilling. The site is over 100 nautical miles off the west coast of New Zealand, and in waters around a kilometre and a half deep. The Oil Free Seas Flotilla is a coalition of individuals and boat owners who oppose deep-sea drilling and the new legislation that takes away New Zealanders long-standing right to peacefully protest at sea.

Unique identifier: GP0STOC4Y

Type: Image

Shoot date: 18/11/2013

Locations: Aotearoa, Oceania, Tasman Sea

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Pascale Otis

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Oil Free Seas Flotilla in New Zealand

The Oil Free Seas Flotilla meets at the drillsite. The six yachts in the flotilla left Auckland, Kaikoura, Wellington and the Bay of Islands earlier that week. They are meeting about 110 nautical miles west of Raglan where Anadarko is about to start exploratory oil drilling. The flotilla is a coalition of individuals and boat owners who oppose deep-sea drilling and the new legislation that takes away New Zealanders long-standing right to peacefully protest at sea.

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